Russia: Ukraine’s aspirations to join NATO pose a threat to Moscow

Her continued ambitions Ukrainian for joining the NATO pose a threat to Russia’s security and underline the necessity of the “special military operation” that Moscow claims it is conducting in Ukraine; the Kremlin announced today.

In a teleconference with journalists, the representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov he said that the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO is “the main threat” to Russiaa threat that “highlights the urgent need to exist guarantees for our security and national interests”. Before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Moscow demanded legally binding guarantees that Ukraine it will never be accepted into NATOreports the Athens News Agency.

At the same time, the Kremlin today downplayed the impact on the Russian economy of the non-sale natural gas in Europe and as said by Peskov there are many other countries that want to buy Russian energy imgs.

“Europe is not the only consumer of natural gas, nor is it the only continent in need of natural gas. There are areas that are developing at a much faster pace… they can offset the (reduced) demand for (Russian) gas in Europe,” he noted.

In addition, Peskov told reporters “I don’t have anything to tell you about that” when asked about the information they want former US ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson to have. travel to Moscow for a possible exchange of American and Russian prisoners.